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title: "2 Competent Quotes By Thabo Mbeki"
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> [We do not have a South African as a member of the African Commission. The President of the Commission comes from Mali, the Deputy comes from Rwanda and then we have got all these other members, ordinary commissioners. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-do-not-have-a-south-african-as-a-member-of-the-african-commission/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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> [A number of African countries came to us and said, we request that South Africa should not field a candidate, because so many other African countries wanted to, and, in any case, South Africa would continue to play a role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/a-number-of-african-countries-came-to-us-and-said-we-request-that/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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## Other authors on Competent

## More by Thabo Mbeki

> [We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-should-never-become-despondent-because-the-weather-is-bad-nor/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/that-surely-must-be-a-concern-to-anyone-who-decides-this-drug-must-be/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent-when-we-are-said-that-our/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question even those things we thought we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-that-probably-the-most-important-thing-about-our-education/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [What we are saying is that we need to consolidate the capacity to lend support. Because, one of the problems that's mentioned with regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/what-we-are-saying-is-that-we-need-to-consolidate-the-capacity-to/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [I say that why don't we bring all points of view. Sit around a table and discuss this evidence, and produce evidence as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-say-that-why-don-t-we-bring-all-points-of-view-sit-around-a-table/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/as-africans-we-need-to-share-common-recognition-that-all-of-us-stand/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [I think you're a much happier person if you say 'Even if I get involved in politics, I'm only doing so in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-you-re-a-much-happier-person-if-you-say-even-if-i-get/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [I must say, with regard to Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea, as soon as they had arrested these people, sent a delegation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-must-say-with-regard-to-equatorial-guinea-the-government-of/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-in-the-process-of-negotiating-an-agreement-with-the-united/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [“Her work sought to challenge all of us critically to reflect on the things we find comfort in believing without question.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/her-work-sought-to-challenge-all-of-us-critically-to-reflect-on-the/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [Of course we run a very open economy, and therefore what happens in the rest of the world, in economic terms, obviously has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/of-course-we-run-a-very-open-economy-and-therefore-what-happens-in/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [Part of the issue around communal land, which became a matter of controversy, is that we are saying that this land must go back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/part-of-the-issue-around-communal-land-which-became-a-matter-of/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities. We said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/historically-during-the-years-of-the-white-minority-regimes-the-state/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

> [We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on, the totality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-want-the-national-intelligence-we-want-the-police-we-want-the/)

[Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/)

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